Definitions for erlkings

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erlkings erl·king

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IPA: /ˈɜrlˌkɪŋ/

Erlkings is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 299 anagrams from letters in erlkings (egiklnrs).

Definitions for erlkings

noun

1. a spirit or personified natural power that works mischief, especially to children.
2. a spirit or personified natural power that works mischief, especially to children.

Origin of erlkings

1790-1800; German Erlkönig alder (tree) king, J. G. von Herder's mistrans. of Danish ellerkonge, variant of elverkonge king of the elves

Examples for erlkings

In the heat of fever the boy implores his father to look for the erlking's daughters.

Angela was left crying over the beauty of "The erlking," the last song rendered.

Herr Schubert puffed and blew, and "The erlking" pranced and thumped.

“The erlking” of Schubert is especially hinted at, just as the first movement was prophetic of Beethoven.

Fearfully he asks his father if he does not hear the erlking's whispered promises.

erlking invites the boy to play with his daughters, who shall dance with him and rock him and sing to him.

The voice of the erlking is a continuous, soft, uninterrupted stream of tone, upon which the whispered words are hung.

erlking has now completely filled the feverish fancy of the child.

But in the boy's brain the erlking has already raised his enticing whisper.

They found the composer all aglow, reading the “erlking” aloud to himself.

Angela was left crying over the beauty of "The erlking," the last song rendered.

erlking invites the boy to play with his daughters, who shall dance with him and rock him and sing to him.

“The erlking” of Schubert is especially hinted at, just as the first movement was prophetic of Beethoven.

Herr Schubert puffed and blew, and "The erlking" pranced and thumped.

But in the boy's brain the erlking has already raised his enticing whisper.

Fearfully he asks his father if he does not hear the erlking's whispered promises.

The voice of the erlking is a continuous, soft, uninterrupted stream of tone, upon which the whispered words are hung.

erlking has now completely filled the feverish fancy of the child.

They found the composer all aglow, reading the “erlking” aloud to himself.

In the heat of fever the boy implores his father to look for the erlking's daughters.